The U.S. space agency NASA recently announced that 6,000 planets have been found outside our solar system.

Three kittens are working as night patrol officers at a train station in England—and they couldn’t be cuter.

Two specially trained dogs are helping scientists in their effort to save an unusual animal called the platypus.

Newly discovered footprints reveal that different types of dinosaurs may have traveled together!

When weeds prevented small penguins from reaching their homes, some scientists stepped in to help clear the way.

Guinness World Records is celebrating its 70th anniversary by inviting people to set their own records.

Some pet rats are turning out to be talented artists!

Author and illustrator Yuyi Morales’s work is inspired by her two countries: Mexico and the United States.

Bodhana Sivananadan and Keya Jha, both age 10, recently defeated top-ranking chess players!

Rebecca Young designed a way to help people experiencing homelessness in her city to keep warm.

Dogs like Maple the English springer spaniel are using their sensitive noses to track diseases that can destroy beehives.

Artist Thomas Dambo’s wooden trolls are meant to teach humans how to take better care of the planet.

People in the eastern United States are seeing more fireflies this summer. But overall, the firefly population is dropping.

There’s more beneath the surface of underwater hockey!

Do wet fingers wrinkle the same way every time? One scientist set out to find the answer.